When you turn on the radio, you might hear songs you like and other songs you just skip past. But even the songs you don’t like usually have some fans. Maybe you don’t like older music, but your ...

A study of more than a quarter-million people in over 50 countries finds the links between musical preferences and personality are universal. The University of Cambridge study of 350,000 people on six ...

People often describe music as uplifting, calming, or deeply moving, but does the type of music one prefers really say something about how well they’re doing emotionally? A new study published in the ...

Researchers found consistent traits across four of five media labels.

Music preference (or taste) refers to the extent to which a person prefers or likes a particular kind of music over another. A better understanding of our music preferences can help us to discover ...

Music psychology Jeff Buckley or Rage Against The Machine? Your music preferences reveal a lot about how you think. There is a clear link between people's cognitive styles and the type and depth of ...

Fig. 1 – Inner ear and hair cells (courtesy of DervalResearch). Fig. 2 – Hearing profiles (courtesy of DervalResearch). Research suggests music preferences come down to specific frequencies ...